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In the 1970s when guests were filling up theme parks throughout the country, there was nothing better than taking a ride on a classic wooden roller coaster like Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. When it was built, it was the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world and featured two 100 foot plus drops. After 36 years of operation, Six Flags announced that it would be closing the ride for good and most were sad to see it go. The ride wasn’t really going away however because two weeks after the closing, the park announced that the ride would be converted into a hybrid steel-wood coaster and be renovated by the famous Rocky Mountain Coaster Company. The coaster was announced that it would include barrel rolls and vertical drops and a dueling track so guests would feel as though they are racing each other.

RMC began construction in 2014 and added their patented I-Box technology to make the wooden coaster into an “iron horse”. The new coaster has a height of 121 feet, drop 128 feet, and has a top speed of 58 mph. The coaster has a much longer track as well with it being over 5,900 feet in length. The biggest difference is the duration of the ride as it now over 3:40. The trains for the coaster have that modern RMC look like what you find on Outlaw Run or Goliath and feature six cars. Each car seats four guests for a total 24 riders per train. Come with us now as we take a looping adventurous ride on the Twisted Colossus.

As riders enter the queue area for the coaster, screams can be heard from miles around as you gander at the beautiful green and blue painted track of the Twisted Colossus. As you reach the station, the train pulls up and you sit down in the modern RMC trains and pull the lap bar down over your thighs. You are now fastened in and ready to ride. The train starts out on the blue track and as it exits the station, you turn sharply to the left and wait to time up with the coaster on the track. The brakes release you and you proceed over some small bunny hops and a couple high banked teasers before hitting the lift hill. As you are on the lift, the other train comes barreling past you on the other lift hill, and now you are racing. At the top, the train races down the hill, through some ups and downs, and into the first banked left turn. You then drop down under the coaster track as the other train races above you. You speed along the track and out of nowhere you see the other train above you upside down. Before you know it, you hit the first inversion on your track which is a classic barrel roll. When you exit the roll, you hit another over banked left turn and into a right and left banked sidewinder effect under the beams. You now hit the green track and back up the lift hill. As the train crests the hill, down once again into an over banked wall climb for the high five experience. The next element is the delayed barrel roll where you are suspended upside down as you race over the other train. An overbanked left turn, into a turnaround and finally hitting the brake run finishes your 3:40 ride.